“Contracting activity” for DoD also means elements designated by the director of a
defense agency which has been delegated contracting authority through its
agency charter.DoD
contracting activities are—

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of Defense Education Activity

TRICARE Management Activity

Acquisition
and Procurement Office, Washington Headquarters Services

ARMY

Contract Support Agency

Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Research,
Development and Acquisition,

Deputy, Acquisition Management, Office of the Assistant
Secretary of the Navy

(Research, Development, and Acquisition)

Naval Air Systems Command

Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command

Naval Facilities Engineering Command

Naval Inventory Control Point

Naval Sea Systems Command

Naval Supply Systems Command

Office of Naval Research

Military Sealift Command

Strategic Systems Programs

Marine Corps Systems Command

Installations and Logistics, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps

AIR FORCE

Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force
(Acquisition)

Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary (Contracting)

Air Force Materiel Command

Air Force Reserve Command

Air Combat Command

Air Mobility Command

Air Education and Training Command

Pacific Air Forces

United States Air Forces in Europe

Air Force Space Command

DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY

Office of the Deputy Director, Management

DEFENSE CONTRACT MANAGEMENT AGENCY

Office of the Director, Defense Contract Management
Agency

DEFENSE FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING SERVICE

External Services, Defense Finance and Accounting
Service

DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AGENCY

Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization

DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

Office of Procurement

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

Office of the Deputy Director, Logistics Operations

Defense Supply Centers

DefenseEnergySupportCenter

NATIONAL IMAGERY AND MAPPING AGENCY

Procurement and Contracting Office

DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY

Acquisition Management Office

NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY

Headquarters, National Security Agency

MISSILE
DEFENSE AGENCY

Headquarters,
Missile Defense Agency

UNITED STATES SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND

Headquarters, United States Special Operations Command

“Contracting officer's
representative” means an individual designated and authorized in writing by the
contracting officer to perform specific technical or administrative functions.

“Departments and agencies,”
as used in DFARS, means the military departments and the defense agencies.The military departments are the Departments
of the Army, Navy, and Air Force (the Marine Corps is a part of the Department
of the Navy).The defense agencies are
the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Defense Commissary Agency,
the Defense Contract Management Agency, the Defense Finance and Accounting
Service, the Defense Information Systems Agency, the Defense Intelligence
Agency, the Defense Security Service, the Defense Logistics Agency, the
National Imagery and Mapping Agency, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, the
National Security Agency, the Missile Defense Agency, and the United States
Special Operations Command.

“Department of Defense
(DoD),” as used in DFARS, means the Department of Defense, the military
departments, and the defense agencies.

“Executive agency” means for DoD, the Department of Defense, the Department of the Army,
the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force.

“Head of the agency” means,
for DoD, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of
the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary of the Air Force.Subject to the direction of the Secretary of
Defense, the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and
Logistics), and the Director of Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy, the
directors of the defense agencies have been delegated authority to act as head
of the agency for their respective agencies (i.e., to perform functions under
the FAR or DFARS reserved to a head of agency or agency head), except for such
actions that by terms of statute, or any delegation, must be exercised within
the Office of the Secretary of Defense.

“Senior
procurement executive” means, for DoD—

Department of Defense (including the defense agencies)--Under
Secretary of

Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics);

Department of the Army--Assistant Secretary of the Army
(Acquisition, Logistics and
Technology);

Department of the Navy--Assistant Secretary of the Navy
(Research,

Development and Acquisition);

Department of the Air Force--Assistant Secretary of the Air
Force

(Acquisition).

The directors of the defense agencies have been delegated
authority to act as senior procurement executive for their respective agencies,
except for such actions that by terms of statute, or any delegation, must be
exercised by the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and
Logistics).